Rail joint and brace.



T. T. BRUST. RAIL JolNT AND BRAcE. MPLICATION FILED AUG3I. 1911.

-LL @ammi Jan. 1, 1918.

2 SHEETS-FSHEET 2- NVENTCR UNITED STATES PATENT onirica `'.loFEII T. BRUST, OF PUTNAM, OKLAHOMA.

RAIL JOINT AND BRACE.

To all fr0/1,0m t ma concern.'

Be it known that I, TOFEL T.'BRUST, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Putnam, in theV county of Dewey and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful 'Improvements in Bail Joints and Braces, of

which will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, by a simple Aconstruction and arrangementy of parts, a

satisfactory embodiment of which being illustrated 4in the drawings.

In the drawings, y

Figure 1 is a top plan View illustrating. the improvement in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View approximately on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of the rail braces.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the joint or brace plates.

Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the tie plates.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the rails are indicated by the numerals 10 and the ties, upon which the rails are secured, by the numerals 11.

y improvement is designed for use anywhere throughout the length of the track, and as illustrated in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, the same may be successfully applied at the joints of the rails to strengthen the said joints. The improvement conteniplates the employment of tie plates l2, each of which being of a width approximately equaling the width of one of the ties 11, the said plates 12 being secured to the tie adjacent the ends of the plates preferably by spikes 13 passing through suitable openings in the said plates and entering the tie. By reference to the drawings, it will be noted, that two of the tie plates 12 are employed, each of the same, at the inner end thereof, being provided with a centrally disposed reduced extension or strap 14, the ends of the said straps being formed with barrels 15 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed August 31, 1917. Serial No. 189,151.

which are adapted to inter-engage, and passing through the said barrels is a connecting element, preferably in the nature of a bolt 1f?, which is retained by a suitable nut 18, any desired means being provided for reaccidental displacement thereof. Integrally formed upon the upper face of ,each of the plates 12, at a suitable distance to the opposite sides of the rails 10, which rest upon the respective plates 12, are transversely arranged, angularly disposed ribs 19, the inner edges of which being. grooved longitudinally as at 20, which provide ways for the outer horizontal portions 2l of brace members 22. i The braces, at the edges thereof, received in the ways, are cut or otherwise formed at an angle, so that a wedging effect will be provided by virtue of such contact between theinner face of the saidbrace members and the plates 22 with which they are designed to engage. These plates 2,2 may .beof any desired width and are of a size to be snugly received in the fishing spaces to the opposite sides of the rails, resting upon the base flange and underlying the heads of the rails, and certain of the said plates, at the joint of the rails are provided with transverse openings which aline with similar openings in the webs of the rails andy passing through these openings are the usual bolts 23 having the securing nuts 24. To permit of the brace members being arranged to co-engage with the plates, after the nuts and bolts are connected, the inner faces of the said brace members are grooved longitudinally, as clearly illustrated by the drawings, and the upper and inner edge of each of the said brace members forms what may be termed a lip, designated for distinction by the numeral 26, which is designed to be received beneath a longitudinally arranged, outwardly extending flange 27 provided on the upper and outer face of the plates.

The brace members are preferably secured to the tie plates through the medium of wing bolts passing through suitable openings in the horizontal flange of the said brace members and received in threaded openings in the tie plates, the said securing elements also entering the tie, but it will be apparent that other means for securing the brace members to the tie plates may be employed, as for instance, the horizontal plates lof the said brace members may have opentaining tlienutupon the bolt to prevent the l tie plates and through which openings passV any desired securing element, -such as a spike, wood screw, or the like.

By constructing the tie plates, as a pair of hinged sections, the device may be folded to a compact bundle for transportation or storage. The arrangement also greatly reduces the weight of the construction, as' the sections may be separately and singly handled, consequently materially lessening 'the 'laborsof the operators,4 and from the floregoing description, when taken in connection with 'the drawings, theV simplicity of the construction, and the advantages of the device will, it is though@l be apparent without further detailed description.

y I-Iaving thus described the invention, Awhat Copies of this patent may be obtained for ,I claim is:

I 1. In combination with rails, of ties upon which the railsrest,of plates arranged upon Vcertain of the ties and receiving .the rails,

said plates comprising two hinged sections, means'for securing thepsections to the tie,

' each of said sections vhaving angular, channeled ribs upon itsl upper'face disposed to the opposite sides of the rails, fish plates in the fishing spaces ofthe rails over the said tie plates and having outer flanges at the upper'portions thereof, rail braceshavtending straps n signed to'interengage, a connecting element ing their lower horizontal portions yreceived in the channeled ribs and having their upper edges formed with lips designed to underlie the lflanges of the fish plates, and means for securing the said brace members to the tie plates and to the tie. f

2. In combination with rails and ties supporting therails,V of tie plates upon certain of the ties underlying `the rails, said tie plates being arranged in pairs 'and having, upon their inner edges 'longitudinally eX- that terminate in barrels depassing through'the barrels, means passing 'through the corners ofthe platesfor securing the sameto the ties, angularly disposed,

transversely arranged channeled 'ribs'on the K plates to the opposite sides of the rails, fishl plates in the fishingspaces ofthe rails upon the tie plates, and having their upper corners formed with outwardly extending flanges,

` 'rail'braces engaging the fish plates' and contacting with the under faces ofthe flanges,

said rail ybraces .having their outer edges received inthe channeled ribs of the tie plates, and means for securing the said braces to thc said tie plates. Y

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.,k l k'TOFEL T'. BRUSTL ve 'cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

